I was going to try this tonight because the idea of it sounded so yummy. After reading the comments and re-reading the ingredients I wonder if this recipe doesn't need a salt pork or good smokey bacon base to enhance the flavor. While sweet corn is delicious, this much corn without sufficient salt to enhance the flavor would be really boring and very sweet, especially with rich crab meat. I think I might also consider making the corn cob broth with milk instead of water, just for a little more depth. Thanks to all for the reviews.

Agreed. I used the best ingredients and the result was simply... bland. This is a waste of high-dollar crab meat and the beautiful sweet corn that is abundant right now. To add insult to injury, the leftovers are actually worse the next day. I wish one of us had posted our review earlier :)

Sounded wonderful - tasted like lousy crab water - I used the best possible chicken broth - fresh corn and crab - extra jalapeno peppers. Do yourselves a favor - don't try this! P.S. - We are ardent fans of both Gourmet and Bon Appetit, and to be fair, most recipes we've tried in the past 10 years have been very good to excellent, but once in a while, you run into a stinker.